ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Nebraska Economic Developers Association Conference

September 22, 2010

Courtney Dunbar and Amber Lewis, Presenters

The Firm

• Began in 1956 with municipal civil engineering

• Made the ENR Top 500 in the U.S. in 1996

• By 2000, had 220 employees

• Today

– Firm is ranked as #150 on the ENR Top 500 listing

– Has grown to 650 employees

– Located in 7 states in 25 office locations

– Licensed to do work through the U.S. and globally

Our Differentiators . . .

• One-Stop Development Assistance

• Strong Concentration on Commercial Site Civil

• Infrastructure Specializations such as Rail, Airport, Environmental and Technology

• Site Layout

• Targeting

• Feasibility

• Developer Relationships

• Funding Identification

Industrial Site Consulting Services

• Visioning• Management• Land Development• Technology• Transportation• Virtual Design • Funding• Zoning

• Environmental• Building• Water Resources• Water/Wastewater• Field Services• Feasibility• Permitting

Funding Services

• Grants

• Loans

• Bonds

• Public/Private

• Commercial Real Estate/Developer Finance

• Tax Increment Finance

• Legislature-Enabled Funding Options

LEED and Sustainability

• 33 – the number of LEED AP certified professionals at OA

• 30 – the number of projects we have worked on that involve a LEED component, firm-wide

• 1 – the only firm asked to assist the City of Omaha in developing a manual for consultants and contractors on Bio-retention Garden Design

Site Selection Services

• Infrastructure Analysis

• Feasibility Analysis

• Developer Marketing

• Promotional Material Creation

• On-Site Prospect Assistance

• Virtual Site Build-Out

• Financing Advisement

GATEWAY EDCBLAIR SOUTH INDUSTRIAL SITE LAYOUT

An example of the importance of site master planning . . .

The Facts• 311 total acres

• Department of Roads Bypass

• Drainage

• 10% slope

• Abutting Rail

• Adjacent to Highway 75

• Within immediate proximity to Cargill Campus

• Church property located adjacent to site

• Infrastructure to periphery of site

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SERGEANT BLUFF HOUSING CONCEPT

An example of how to make lemonade from lemons . . .

The Facts

• Sergeant Bluff, IA is a rapidly-growing suburban area south of Sioux City, IA

• Housing analysis shows serious lack of low- to moderate-income housing availability

• Lack of housing has hurt base development opportunity

• 30 acre tract for consideration had limited ingress and egress options

• 30 acre tract abuts I-29

Elemental At Olsson Associates . . .

We bring together people and services to create

comprehensive solutions for projects involving

land, water air and life.

Land

Water

Air

Life